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1962 Cadillac - any driving experiences out there?

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#516 of 520 . by fintail

Oct 05, 2009 (10:26 am)

There was a '61 Caddy in the recent '24 Hours of Lemons' Looks like it is sturdier than a 59 Chevy anyway.

#517 of 520 On the way to Hershey... by andre1969

Oct 12, 2009 (2:19 pm)

this past Saturday, I saw a '61 Caddy 6-window hardtop. I passed it, in my '79 5th Ave, on I-581 going over the Susquehanna River. Nice looking car, but strangely, it seemed kinda tiny to me...not an adjective normally associated with a '61 Caddy!
 
Well, when we got to the Hershey fairgrounds, eventually we found that car there, and it turns out it was one of those stubbier "Town Sedan" models. I think they were renamed "Park Avenue" for 1962? Funny how it's still kinda long, at 215" versus 222" for the normal models, yet losing that 7" just throws the whole proportioning off.
 
Still, a very nice car!

#518 of 520 Re: On the way to Hershey... [andre1969] by euphonium

Oct 12, 2009 (4:47 pm)

Replying to: andre1969 (Oct 12, 2009 2:19 pm)
I associate "Park Avenue" with top of the line Buick.

#519 of 520 Re: On the way to Hershey... [andre1969] by ghulet

Dec 07, 2009 (9:53 pm)

Replying to: andre1969 (Oct 12, 2009 2:19 pm)
those are a little rare (no breakdown of production of Town Sedans of 6W v. 4W versions) for MY '61:
 
Town sedan (DeVille-Series 6300-trim, only): 3756 produced
6200 4-window: 4700
6200 6-window: 26216
6300 4-window: 4847
6300 6-window: 26415
 
Sorry, I'm a geek with my car-geek book handy.
 
'62s production total for Cadillac's handy-sized sedan was 2600 (pretty sure they were all 4w), available in both Series 6200 (referred to as 'Town Sedan') and 6300/Deville (referred to as 'Park Avenue').
 
1963 had only production of 1575, all of which were model 6389D (DeVilles, four-window), 'Park Avenue'.
 
The loss of seven inches in length netted a loss of a whopping 20-45 pounds. Nothing like seven inches would weigh on my own body.

#520 of 520 Re: On the way to Hershey... [ghulet] by andre1969

Dec 08, 2009 (6:30 pm)

Replying to: ghulet (Dec 07, 2009 9:53 pm)
1963 had only production of 1575, all of which were model 6389D (DeVilles, four-window), 'Park Avenue'.
 
I didn't realize they carried that stubby body style over to 1963. And yeah, I remember looking in my old car book too, and noticing that the loss of 7 inches only yielded that 20-45 lb loss. When you figure that's 7" less frame, 7" taken out of the rear quarters, trunk floor, and trunk lid, it just seems to me that it would be more than that!
 
And if it weighed that much on your own body, you'd pass out from low blood pressure every time you got excited!

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